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Paradox was created by Borland, as an integrated database management system and application development language for desktops and servers. It ran originally under DOS and later under Windows. It is a file based database system with each table in a separate file or files. Paradox for DOS had a built-in scripting language known as PAL, and used tables through version 4.5. Paradox for Windows was a Windows application that included event processing.

Paradox was created by Ansa/Borland, as an integrated database management system and application development language for desktops and servers. It ran originally under DOS and later under Windows. It is a file based database system with each table in a separate file or files. Paradox for DOS had a built-in scripting language known as PAL, and used tables through version 4.5.

Paradox for Windows is a Windows application that includes event processing. The database system is included in Word Perfect Office X8.

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Permissions to access paradox db file under Windows Server 2008 x 64

I need to connect to Paradox db file under Windows Server 2008 x 64. For this I wrote a .NET console application(32bit) with using ODBC. This applications works only under admins rights (UAC). But without that it throws exception: ERROR [HY000]…
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Connection in Paradox Database via ODBC

I've been struggling very hard to make this work. I'm using a software that uses paradox database, which I never used. My problem is: I can open the program in multiple machines on the same time, but i can't seem to connect via ODBC when there is a…
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SSIS import all Paradox tables into SQL Server 2012

Writing my first SSIS package in VS 2012 and have managed to get it to connect to he Paradox tables without any problems. What I need to do is go though each table and import the data into a corresponding table on a SQL Server database. There is no…
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The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find the object '....'

I have a folder containing a few paradox 5 files. _folder = @"c:\temp\resource"; I then use the connection string ConnectionString: Driver={Microsoft Paradox Driver (*.db )};DriverID=538;Fil=Paradox…
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How to convert Paradox to Excel

I am trying to work with Paradox files and convert these to an Excel file. Does anyone know how to achieve such conversion?
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ODBC leaking memory in c# application

I've seem to have a memory leak. I found a post on stackoverflow recommending 'using' method but this doesn't seem to fix the issue. I am using Red Gate memory profiler which shows an increase in unmanaged memory constantly rising. This is the…
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How to specify the Network Directory in the ODBC connection string?

I have configured a DSN for my Paradox database and it works when no other application is using the database, however when there is another app running then I get the error Directory is controlled by another .NET file, even though all applications…
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Paradox query in SQL Assistant over ODBC - no column names

I set up an ODBC connection to a paradox database, and I'm using Teradata SQL Assistant to query against the database. However, no column names are being identified. So, if I query: SELECT TOP 1 FROM database, I get a record where every column…
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Delphi Unicode string mismatch

I have a Delphi 7 app using Paradox database via BDE, that I have converted to Delphi XE3 and Firebird. There is a string field in the Paradox database containing an encrypted string that is supposedly used for licensing of the software. The problem…
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Not able to open Paradox database using Paradox data Editor

I have a .db Paradox file. When I try to open it using Paradox data editor Version 2.5.1.0, I get the following error "Network Initialization Failed. Permission deneid. File: C:\Program Files (x86)\PDE\PDOXUSRS.Net Directory: C:\Program Files…
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How do I read a [.db] file in [vb.net]

I found the post on same forum for read a .db file in c# but is is not showing how to access it's table from code. So does any one know about how to open a connection and access/read the .db file in vb.net? I tried the code below to open connection…
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Operation must be an updateable query - VB Script, Paradox Table

I'm using a Win XP box with BDE Administrator and Access 2007 installed. I'm able to open and perform select queries on existing Paradox tables without problem but have some very strange behavior when attempting INSERT/UPDATE. I can even create a…
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Paradox / ObjectPal and Microsoft XML Services (MSXML): crashes when calling certain methods

im using Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) to parse and create XML-documents with Paradox 11.0.0.676. when i call certain methods of the oleAuto-objects, Paradox crashes when reaching the endMethod statement (the code is in the pushButton event of…
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Where can I find a list of Microsoft Paradox ODBC driver error codes?

I am currently using a Microsoft ODBC driver to connect a .NET application to a Paradox Database. Periodically I get errors like ERROR [HY000] [Microsoft][ODBC Paradox Driver] Reserved error (-3034); there is no message for this error. I…
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pxlib - howto query with where-clause?

I'm using pxlib through php to query get some data in an ancient paradox-db. I don't understand how I'm supposed to get a limited recordset from the db, docs at http://us2.php.net/manual/en/ref.paradox.php I'm thinking of some kind of…
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